Karnataka: Common surname among Shivalli Brahmins, Havyaka Brahmins, Karada Brahmins, Kota Brahmins, Panchagrama Brahmins and Goud Saraswat Brahmins of coastal Karnataka

Ultimately, the matter was settled between the Union of India and Union Carbide ( in a settlement overseen by the Supreme Court of India ) for a sum of Rs.

Several Frenchmen living in " a dozen huts " abandoned Diego Garcia when the British East India Company attempted to establish a settlement there in April 1786.

Elihu Yale ( April 5, 1649 – July 8, 1721 ) was an American merchant and philanthropist, governor of the East India Company settlement at Madras and a benefactor of the Collegiate School of Connecticut, which in 1718 was named Yale College in his honor.

For 20 years, Yale was part of the British East India Company, and he became the second governor of a settlement at Madras ( now Chennai ), India, in 1687, after Streynsham Master.

In an address to the Indian parliament, Kaifu stressed the role of free markets and democracy in bringing about " a new international order ," and he emphasized the need for a settlement of the Kashmir territorial dispute between India and Pakistan and for economic liberalization to attract foreign investment and promote dynamic growth.

In all, he brought about more than 50 treaties, including the settlement of the Samoan dispute, as a result of which the United States secured Tutuila, with a harbor in the Pacific ; a definitive Alaskan boundary treaty in 1903 ; the negotiation of reciprocity treaties with Argentina, France, Germany, Cuba, and the British West Indies ; the negotiation of new treaties with Spain ; and the negotiation of a treaty with Denmark for the cession of the Danish West India Islands.

In 1947, Karachi was the focus for settlement by Muslim migrants from India, who drastically expanded the city's population and transformed its demographics and economy.

The independence of Pakistan in 1947 saw the settlement of the what is now the largest ethnic community in the city, the Muhajirs who migrated from India in search of a Muslim homeland and settled in Pakistan, that's why the culture of Karachi is very similar to any Indian Muslim dominant city and the city's first language is Urdu because of these Muhajir unlike other parts of the country Most properties vacated by Hindus were granted to Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants who had migrated from India, Known as Muhajirs, their descendants now form the majority of Karachi's residents, these Mohajirs of Urdu, Gujrati, Marathi, Konkani Muslims from India and Bengali origin are around 13 million.

* August 24 – In India, the fort and trading settlement of Sutanuti-which later becomes Calcutta-is founded on the Hooghly River by the English East India Company following signing of an Anglo-Moghul treaty.

* Fort St George, the first settlement of British India, is founded at Madras.

* Amber, India is founded as a settlement.

From 1840 there was considerable European settlement, primarily from England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland ; and to a lesser extent the United States, India, and various parts of continental Europe, including the province of Dalmatia in what is now Croatia, and Bohemia in what is now the Czech Republic.

The 1838 mission offered a treaty providing for extradition of Bhutanese officials responsible for incursions into Assam, free and unrestricted commerce between India and Bhutan, and settlement of Bhutan's debt to the British.

Notwithstanding Spanish hostility, the Dutch West India Company still considered the Virgin Islands to have an important strategic value, as they were located approximately halfway between the Dutch colonies in South America ( now Suriname ) and the most important Dutch settlement in North America, New Amsterdam ( now New York City ).

In 1631, the Dutch West India Company expressed an interest in the copper which had been discovered on Virgin Gorda, and a settlement was set up on that island, which came to be known as " Little Dyk's " ( now known as Little Dix ).

During the negotiations, the British also became aware of two older historical claims, the 1628 patent granted to the Earl of Carlisle ( which was inconsistent with Hunthum's title being sold to him by the Dutch West India company ), and an order of the King in 1694 to prevent foreign settlement in the Virgin Islands.

Although it was the main British settlement in the Carnatic, Madras was weakly fortified and had only a small garrison, reflecting the thoroughly commercial nature of the European presence in India hitherto.

The terms of the surrender agreed by Bourdonnais provided for the settlement to be ransomed back for a cash payment by the British East India Company.

In Brazil, he briefly captured the Portuguese settlement of Salvador, personally leading the assault on the sea fortress of that town. In August with a small and undermanned fleet he sailed for the African west coast and attacked a Portuguese fleet in a strongly defended bay of Luanda but failed to capture any ships. He then crossed the Atlantic ocean again to try and capture merchant ships at the city of Vitória, but was defeated by a resistance organized by the local civilians, with assistance by a Portuguese garrison. After finding Salvador recaptured by a large Spanish-Portuguese fleet Heyn returned home. The Dutch West India Company were pleased with Heyn's leadership qualities and in 1626 placed him in command of a new squadron. In subsequent raids in 1627 at Salvador, he attacked and captured over thirty richly laden Portuguese merchant ships before returning to the United Provinces.

When the new settlement was gazetted in 1851 it was named ' Sale ' — a tribute to General Sir Robert Sale, a British army officer who won fame in the first Afghan war before being killed in battle in India in 1845.

Kodagu, also known by its anglicised former name of Coorg, is an administrative district in Karnataka, India.

Despite the Kodavas being known in India as " brave warriors " and members of the Indian warrior caste, Kodagu did not have indigenous rulers for long as the Kodavas failed to evolve political consensus.

Kodagu is the second coffee production region in India, after the Baba Budangiri hills in Chikkamagaluru district.

Coffee revenue helped Kodagu to become one the richest districts in India.

According to the 2011 census of India, Kodagu has a population of 554, 762, roughly equal to the Solomon Islands or the U. S. state of Wyoming.

( see main article Kodava ) However even today Kodagu can still claim to have the largest density of sacred groves in all of India.

Tadiandamol (, ) is the highest mountain of Kodagu district, Karnataka, India.

The Kodavas ( Kodava and, anglicised as Coorgs ) are a patrilineal ethno-lingual group from the region of Kodagu, in Karnataka state of southern India who traditionally were land-owning agriculturists with martial traditions and natively speak the Kodava language.

Kodagu: home of the Kodavas shown above in the map of Karnataka, India ( in orange )

Eventually, famous sons of Kodagu became prominent members of the armed forces of India.

The domain of Kolathiri had at various periods roughly covered present-day Kasaragod and Kannur districts of Kerala, South India, along with some adjoining areas of Northern Kerala and Tulunadu, and some periods parts of Tamil Nadu, Kodagu and Mysore.

* 2010 – Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.

The Ajanta Caves ( Ajiṇṭhā leni ; Marathi: अज िं ठ ा ल े ण ी) in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India are 30 rock-cut cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to the 600 CE.

According to the 2011 India census, Ajmer district has a population of 2, 584, 913, which was made up of 1, 325, 911 males and 1, 259, 002 females.

* Banda, Uttar Pradesh, Banda district, India

* Banda district, Uttar Pradesh, India

* Bihar Sharif, headquarters of Nalanda district, Bihar, India

* Bihar River, a border river of Palamu district, Jharkhand, India

Another theory is that the diamond came from the Kollur mines, near the village Kollur in the present-day Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh in India.

The Himalayan kingdom was connected to India through a district of the Punjab, but its population was 77 per cent Muslim and it shared a boundary with Pakistan.

The British Geological Survey reported that as of 2005, Kodarma district in Jharkhand state in India had the largest deposits of mica in the world.

* 1956 – In India, Kanyakumari district was joined to Tamilnadu state from Kerala.

Although this boundary with India referring only to present-day Pakistan and not aimed at formerly East Pakistan borders except only all three governments claiming the status of the district of Firozpur and Pathankot between Pakistan and India.

Rama's Bridge, a shoal " connecting " ( northwestern ) Sri Lanka ( Talaimannar on Mannar, Sri Lanka | Mannar island in that district ) and ( southern ) India ( Dhanushkodi ( extinct )/ Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu | Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram District ) between the Gulf of Mannar ( southwest ) from the Palk Strait ( northeast ).

* Abbreviation used for the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India

** The Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.

* 1, 918 km < sup > 2 </ sup > — Begusarai, district in Bihar, India

* Rao Biram Dev succeeds Rao Kanhadev as ruler of Marwar ( now the Jodhpur district of India ).

* Madanmohan-jiu Temple built at Samta ( India ), a village in the Howrah district of West Bengal.

Woman harvesting wheat, Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, India

Ayodhya (,, IAST Ayodhyā ), also known as Saket (, ) is an ancient city of India adjacent to Faizabad city in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh.

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